Don’t make excuses. No one believes them anyway. You always have the time to do what’s important to you. Take responsibility for your choices.
Live Within Your Means
DEBT Don’t spend what you don’t have. Live within your means – the pain of debt lasts longer than the pleasure of purchase.
Optimism: The Key to Success
Optimism breeds success. Be optimistic. Your life improves with a positive attitude.
Plans & Goals
Don’t confuse your plan with your goal. Successful people adapt to new circumstances and change whatever needs to be changed to meet their goals.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not what we do for others; it’s what we do for ourselves so we can get well and move on.
Set a Goal, Make a Plan!
Don’t expect to stumble your way to success. Set a goal and make a plan.
Laugh Every Day
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. – E. E, Cummings
What Will Matter: Teachers Edition
Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too your hopes, ambitions, plans, …
Be Proactive!
If you want something better – Go For it. Be proactive – decide what you want and take action to make it happen.
Don’t Walk, Fly!
Why walk when you can fly? Until you try you never know how high and far you can go or how much you can be. – Michael Josephson
Your Future
Your past is the path you just travelled. Your future is the path ahead. Your past is part of you. Use it to guide your future. – Michael Josephson
Hang On Pain Ends
Hang On Pain Ends The sun will come out tomorrow; it comes out single day even when we can’t see it. – Michael Josephson
Working Together
None of us alone can eradicate all evil or alleviate all suffering, but many good people working together can make things a great deal better. – – Harold Kushner
Wisdom & Happiness
Both wisdom and happiness are developed and demonstrated by the ability to see beauty in the ordinary and even in the ugly. – Michael Josephson
Stand Out!
Don’t settle for fitting in when you can stand out.
Difficulty Yields Opportunity
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
The Great Power of Courage
There is within you, waiting to be called, a great source of power called courage. Call its name and it will give you the strength to overcome fear and uncertainty and the heart to continue bold confidence despite the pain of disappointment and tragedy. – Michael Josephson
Dance in the Rain
Don’t just wait for the storm to end, learn to dance in the rain. A positive attitude can turn hardships into adventures and tragedies into turning points. – Michael Josephson
A Lie Has No Future
A lie may take care of the present, but it has no future. – Author Unknown
A Lie is A Lie…
A lie is a lie even if your fingers are crossed. BE HONEST. EARN TRUST.
People of Character
People of character do the right thing even if no one is looking. People of character do the right thing even if it costs more than they want to pay. People of character do the right thing even if no one else does, not because they think it will change the world, but because they refused to be changed by …
Don’t Sacrifice A Good Life
Your choices make a difference – now and in the future. Don’t sacrifice a good life for a good time.
Insanity
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein
Face Your Fears
Face your fears and you’ll conquer them. You’ll be amazed to discover how strong you are.
You Can Achieve Anything!
If you can imagine it you can achieve it. If you can dream it you can become it. – William Arthur ward.
Changes: Courage, Wisdom & Serenity
God, give us grace to accept with serenity that things cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from.
Leaders Take Responsibility
Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. – Mitt Romeny
Real Leadership
Real leadership is demonstrated when you show you care more about getting something done than about getting credit for doing it. – Michael Josephson
Leaders Find Solutions
Leaders find solutions not excuses. – Michael Josephson
Great Leaders are Principled
Great leaders are principled; they are not merely effective, they are ethical. They adhere to moral principles In their objectives and methods. They engender trust and credibility because of their integrity and loyalty and because they care about their followers and treat them with respect. – Michael Josephson